Independent employee benefits specialists Parallel Employee Benefits (Parallel) have unveiled a no-cost platform designed to give small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) access to technology and efficiency used by large...
Read moreDetailsChronic illness has overtaken unemployment as the primary reason for economic inactivity across the UK, according to data analysis by employee benefits provider YuLife. Using 2024 data from the...
Read moreDetailsFor all the investment in employee benefits, too many staff remain in the dark about what's really on offer and where they stand financially, both now and in the...
Read moreDetailsMoney-related stress is driving absence, side hustles and despair, but smarter, more personalised financial wellbeing benefits could help turn the tide, writes Claire Churchard For many employees today, financial...
Read moreDetailsEmployers with mobile or field workers, such as non office based engineers, site workers, contractors, and technicians, could be at risk of losing talent as research revealed that poorly...
Read moreDetailsMore organisations have connected to the pensions dashboard programme as Nest, Smart Pension and consultancy firm XPS Group become the latest in the list. Under this first stage of...
Read moreDetailsMore than three quarters (77 percent) of employers offer paid volunteering time to staff as a perk, but close to two fifths (38 percent) of employees never use it,...
Read moreDetailsCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO WORKPLACE PENSIONS 2025 Younger savers saw an average return of more than 15 percent from their default defined contribution (DC)...
Read moreDetailsAs the UK basks in another scorching heatwave, Google searches for “sickness absence” have spiked 113 percent in the past 24 hours. Provider YuLife, which first spotted the surge,...
Read moreDetailsEmployers will have a vital role in ensuring the government’s plan to reinvent the NHS leads to meaningful health improvements across the UK, commentators have said. The aim of...
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The podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.
Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.
